Genera of Humming Birds. I2I 



167. Chi.orostilbon splen[31DUS, Vieill., Diet. Hist. Nat., 



1817, t. vii., p. 361. 



Or)iisin}'a aureiventris, D'Orb and Laf., Syn. Av. 1838, 

 t. ii, p. 28. 



Trochilus phxton, Bourc. Rev. Zool., 184S, p. 274. 



Clorestes phgetoti, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- 7- 



Hylocharis phseton, Bon. Rev. and Mag., Zool., 1854, 

 P- 255- 



Chlorolanipis phsethon, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 48. 



Glittering Emerald, Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. v., p. 354. 



Le Chlorostilbon splendide, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. AIou., 

 . 1875, t. ii., p. 94. 



Habitat. — Bolivia and Argentine Republic. 



Male. — Upperside golden-green. Throat metallic emerald 

 green. Breast and abdomen metallic golden-green, greenish 

 on breast. Undertail-coverts, black at base, then shining 

 green. Wings purplish-brown. Tail steel-blue. Maxilla 

 flesh colour for half its length, rest black. Mandible flesh 

 colour, with black tip. A tuft of white feathers beneath the 

 vent. 



Total length, 3l^in. Wing, 2. Tail, i|. Culmen, \^. 



Female. — Upperside bronze-green. Underside gray- Flanks 

 bronzy. Tail bluish-black, two lateral feathers tipped with 

 grayish-white. 



I have several specimens of this rare species collected by 

 Mess. Buckley in Bolivia, Flamand at Corrientes, Argentine 

 Republic, and Laglaize at San Salvador, High Paraguay. 



168. Chlorostilbon chrysogaster, Bourc, Rev. Zool., 



1843, p. lOI. 



Hylocharis chrysogaster, Bon. Consp., Gen. Av., 1850, vol. 

 i., p. 74. 



Chlorestes chrysogastra, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, 

 p. 7. 



Chlorolampis haeberlini, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 48. 



Chlorostilbon nit ens, Lawr, Ann. N.Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., 

 1861, p. 305. 



